Ethiopia

Adult literacy in Ethiopia

Adult literacy in Ethiopia: 27% in 1994 and 60.5% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
60.5%
Since 1994
+33.5 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in EthiopiaAdult literacy in Ethiopia: 27% in 1994 and 60.5% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 87.4% in 2022.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearEthiopiaWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202260.587.4
202154.987.2
2020–87
201955.186.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
201647.586.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
201348.485.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
20073983.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
200435.982.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
19942776.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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